Today has been such a great day for news regarding Asian films. First we get word on the status of Ip Man 3, and then later in the day, via their Facebook page, the New York Asian Film Fest... Read more
One of the last films I screened at the NYAFF was a great Korean film called Bedevilled. It was a favorite at film festivals across the world and also earned a few awards for its participan... Read more
What happens when you blow the right arm and left leg off of a tough and angry Yakuza thug? You make him even more bad ass by strapping a M61 Vulcan machine gun to his arm and install an an... Read more
Did you ever watch those Japanese Metal Hero shows like VR Troopers, Ultraman or Big Bad Beetleborgs as a kid? What about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? If you did, you know the common them... Read more
Up next at the NYAFF is the supernatural / sci-fi-ish Korean thriller, Haunters, which marks the directorial debut of Kim Min-Suk, the ingenious screenwriter behind the smash hit The Good, t... Read more
Sell Out! That’s the name of the first film to screen at this year’s NYAFF… and it’s a doozee. The film, which has been bottled up in distributor hell by its Malaysian owners, has finally... Read more
Tig ol’ bitties, bloody splatter, and dicks being chomped off. Everything you would expect from a movie titled Horny House of Horror, the latest in Japanese exploitation cinema. Jun Tsugita... Read more
Making its International premiere, and co-presented by both the NYAFF and Japan Cuts 2011, is Yu Irie’s latest film, Ringing in their Ears. The film stars Fumi Nikaido, Kurumi Morishita, an... Read more
There have been a few instances over the past year where I have expressed my extreme desire to see Panna Rittikrai and Morakot Kaewthanee’s latest stunt heavy vehicle, BKO: Bangkok Knockout.... Read more
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